EV child labor committee tackles welfare of child laborers
ORMOC CITY-- The member-agencies of the Eastern Visayas Regional Child Labor Committee (EVRCLC) tackled in a meeting some issues and concerns for the welfare of child laborers in the region.
The EVRCLC had its last...
2 construction workers buried alive in a landslide in N. Samar town
TACLOBAN CITY- Two construction workers were buried alive after they were hit by a boulder while they were excavating inside an elementary school in Lavezares, Northern Samar on Wednesday (October 11).
Killed were Jonnel Nabor,...
3,000 runners expected to join this year’s Philippine Red Cross’ Million Volunteer Run
TACLOBAN CITY – About 3,000 running enthusiasts in Leyte are set to move their running legs on October 21 in four different areas in Leyte and Biliran for the biggest humanitarian run organized by...
CHR: No human rights violations on drop box unless drug suspects are...
TACLOBAN CITY- There’s nothing wrong with the use of drop boxes in reporting village drug dependents.
Thus said the regional director of the Commission on Human Rights(CHR), lawyer Desiree Pontejos who was quick to say...
Catbalogan’s senior citizens avail free flu shots offered by the city gov’t
CATBALOGAN CITY-Senior citizens in this city are being prioritized by the City Health Office for the flu shot and pneumococcal vaccine.
Mayor Stephanie Uy-Tan earlier issued an order giving the city’s senior citizens needed medicines...
PRC Leyte chapter is only a blood collection unit and not a blood...
TACLOBAN CITY- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Leyte Chapter only serves as a blood collection unit.
Miguel Tezon, PRC Chapter president, informed that all the facilities used in processing the donated blood were damaged after...